Button roars back at Alonso after Spaniard labels world championship 'boring'

Jenson Button has a message for the sporting public, saying that if he's boring the pants off them then tough luck.

The world championship leader, speaking ahead of Sunday's Turkish
Grand Prix, was responding to the comments of that well-known lover of
British winners, Fernando Alonso.

We well remember his record while Lewis Hamilton's team-mate during
one ill-starred year together at McLaren in 2007. In this case, it
should be stressed, his complaint is based on mental arithmetic rather
than Latin temperament.

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'There is a possibility always that if Jenson continues winning, the
championship will be mathematically over after 12 or 13 races.

'It's good for him obviously, but it's a shame because it has been
nice to see the last two championships decided at the last round. And
the last championship decided at the last corner.

'People love this type of fighting and this year I won't say it's boring but...'

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Over to the Brawn garage and the contented Button, smiling on the
sofa despite the gloomy weather which cast a pall over Istanbul's
minarets down the road.

'I can't do anything about that,' said the 29-year-old, who holds a
16-point lead over Rubens Barrichello, the Brazilian on the other side
of his own garage.

'All we do is do the best job we can. And at the moment we are doing
a better job than other teams. Sorry if it gets boring, but you need to
look at the other teams.'

The only team separating Brawn from an appearance before the
Monopolies Commission are Red Bull, victors in the wet in China and the
most consistently close challengers. It was Sebastian Vettel, their
20-year-old starlet, who was precocious enough to interrupt the perfect
sequence.

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Blast: Fernando Alonso says Button could have the title wrapped up after 12 races

He stands 28 points behind Button, whose advantage over Barrichello
might be an irrelevance if - or when - team boss Ross Brawn decides to
appoint Button the team's outright No 1.

The Brawn car barely twitches a side-pod as it blitzes corners;
Button and Barrichello might not need even to feather the brake where
others would so planted are their machines.

No wonder, either. For all the talk of what a fabulous return this
is from a team which was on the scrapheap after Honda withdrew their
funding last December, it must be remembered that this is the most
expensive and exhaustively developed car in Formula One history.

Ross Brawn shrewdly took the decision to abandon last year's
wheelbarrow last spring to throw all the manpower of what was then the
biggest-spending manufacturer team into the car nobody can now catch.

But if this is something of a stroll for Button, it is one he is accomplishing with sure-footed aplomb.

The scenario will not meet with undiluted delight with commercial
rights holder Bernie Ecclestone, who relishes the high TV viewing
figures a dramatic conclusion delivers.

Instead, if Button continues to dominate, the title could be sealed
before the end of the European season in Italy on September 13. That
would render the final four or five races a boring irrelevance.